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By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us. ~Edwin Markham


Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for - annually, not oftener - if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments. ~Mark Twain


The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ~William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693


Newspapers: dead trees with information smeared on them. ~Horizon, "Electronic Frontier"


Traverse: One of two ways to stop while skiing. Tree: The other method. ~Author Unknown


If your husband expects you to laugh, do so; if he expects you to cry, don't; if you don't know what he expects, what are you doing married? ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. ~Psalms 119:100


Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter. ~Dave Barry


It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. ~Grace Hopper


To the lamp of love: may it burn brightest in the darkest hours and never flicker in the winds of trial. ~Author Unknown To the loved ones with snowy crowns, I bequeath the happiness of old age, the love and gratitude of their children until they fall asleep. ~Author unknown, commonly misattributed to Williston Fish


Wine is sunlight, held together by water. ~Galileo


At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb


The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. ~Woodrow Wilson


The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


A faith of convenience is a hollow faith. ~M*A*S*H, Father Mulcahy, "A Holy Mess," 1982


Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. ~Thomas Jefferson


Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children. ~Cindy Garner


First God created time; then God created man that man might, in the course of time, perfect himself; then God decided that He'd better create eternity. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw